Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2019
Pharmacies could hand out prescriptions for medicines under major WA healthcare reforms
5 July 2019 - Pharmacies would be given a dramatically expanded role in the healthcare of WA patients under new proposals, with their scope widened to include mental health care, chronic disease management and issuing repeat prescriptions for ongoing medications including the contraceptive pill.
Under a Health Department review of community pharmacy ownership that has left doctors furious, the WA Government has been urged to acknowledge there is a "potential underutilisation" of pharmacies and pharmacists within the system.
